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From: lma@neon.Stanford.EDU (Larry M. Augustin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: MAXSYMLINKS 8, any way to change this?
Summary: need kernel patch
Keywords: symbolic link limit, MAXSYMLINKS, kernel
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.042421.16669@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 11 Jun 91 04:24:21 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Ca , USA
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For some reason, /usr/include/sys/param.h on RISC Ultrix 4.1 sets
MAXSYMLINKS to 8, instead of 20 as it is in 4.3bsd, VAX Ultrix, SunOS,
etc.

I need a higher limit.  20 (as with the other OSes) would be nice.
Unfortunately, I don't have kernel source.  I suspect that I need
vfs_dnlc.c, but like I said, I don't have source so I can't be sure.

If soneone could provide me a patched .o file with the higher limit,
or suggest a way to raise the limit, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

Larry M. Augustin			ERL 414
lma@sierra.stanford.edu			Computer Systems Lab
lma@dayton.stanford.edu			Stanford University
(415) 723-9285				Stanford, CA 94305